Teaching listening

The objective is to obtain general idea of the audio

Top Down

The objective is to obtain specific idea of the audio

​​Bottom up

This material is designed to teach a language to the students. Example the coursebook

​​Intensive

This material was designed for pleasure or information, it was not designed to teach a language. But it helps to motivation

Extensive/Authentic

​Activate schemata (previous knowledge)

Prepare for what they are going to hear

Pre

​Understand the general and/or specific information in the audio.

While

​Extensions of work done

Check answers, discussing difficulties
Responding to the audio

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